I was spending a bit of time in Jaben Singapore and Malaysia (at the KL AV show) and I noticed something...

The Go-Vibe Porta Tube is extremely popular.

The fame has even reached Japan!

One of the folks there bought one, loved it and through word of mouth the Singapore's stores' stock has been depleted! Almost every day I was there someone left disappointed because they couldn't get their hands on one.

Yet I've heard very little about it here, why restrict it to Asia?

Now is your chance to try out this amp to see what it's all about.

Here's some of the dirt:

There's a mini tube inside and you can see it glow!

It lasts up to 10 hours per charge

Very powerful, enough to make my K1000 sing!

Minimum microphonics on most headphones, they worked hard to get the kinks sorted!

Decided to have two of them going to the US, because at least half of you are from CA and it's so bloody far.

Don't really know the US all that well, for #2 just went to google maps and rearranged it in the most obvious way.

When we've finished with all the CA folks, we'll move that one around the country as well.

I'll start shipping the first ones out mid-week.

Now, some suggestions/rules...

1. You may keep it for up to a week, but if you're done with it early do pass it on to the next guy =)

2. We may require a deposit, it's not a cheap thing afterall. It will be refunded with no fees attached.

3. We'd love to know what you think! Either privately or on the forums, up to you!

4. The winner will be picked out of the list at a date to be determined.

5. The winner is the winner, you can do whatever the hell you want with it. I do have a personal request that it doesn't hit the FS forum for cash within a couple of months of winning it. If you truly despise it, trade it or give it away to someone you feel would enjoy it more than you do.

This is really interesting! I'd love to compare this little gem to my Schiit Lyr & CCa tubes when being paired with the LCD2, and I don't mind to send back or to next person on the list as long as he/she lives in Australia.

I'd love to test out this tube amp, I love tube amps and have never triad anything like this one. I don't mind giving my impressions or paying insured shipping and such. Also I can compare it to my Little Dot MK III since it is a tube amp as well although granted it is not very portable haha. I also have a couple other amps I can compare it to as well like a Little Dot MK I+ or even my Burson 160 which would be really fun.

Thank you for doing this and congrats to those who get picked!

Count me in, I live near Pittsburgh, PA, USA my zip code is 15061Edited by Gatepc - 8/6/11 at 2:44pm

I live in California (91436 zip), and currently have 1 desktop amp (Schiit Lyr) and one portable (Headstage Arrow 12HE 3G) as well as a few different phones with different levels of portability. I haven't tried out very much gear yet, so I would be interested in comparing and seeing how much of a difference there is.

Originally Posted by Jaben Australia
To be a part of this trial as well as draw you just have to reply to this thread with your location and be willing to spare a few bucks to send it to the next person on the list =)